The Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ) is a civil society institution working on issues related to health and social justice. It is a registered Charitable Trust founded in 2006 with headquarters in New Delhi. CHSJ is a resource organisation on issues of Men, Masculinity and Gender, Health rights of Marginalized Communities and Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. CHSJ works closely with adolescents, youth as well as community leaders. CHSJ works in partnership with other civil society organization and shares learnings at global level.Learn More

OUR NETWORKS

CHSJ currently holds the secretariat for the following:Forum to Engage Men (FEM): We feel that it is critical to intervene in the area of masculinities and go beyond the most obvious and visible signs and symbols of masculinities to discover knowledge as well as ideas on how boys and men can become part of movements that carry messages and actions towards gender equality. Learn More

Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health: COPASAH is a community where practitioners who share an interest and passion for the field of community monitoring for accountability in health interact regularly and engage in exchanging experiences and lessons; sharing resources, capacities and methods; in the production and dissemination of conceptual, methodological and practical outputs towards strengthening the field; and in networking and capacity building among member organizations. Learn More

Innovative Use of Technologies (ICTs) for Community Monitoring to Enhance Health Rights of the CommunityJanuary 8-10, 2015, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The workshop focuses upon the use of technology to strengthen Community Based Monitoring (CBM) in health and how to document evidences using technology in CBM and disseminate information through different platforms including COPASAH practitioners from six states of India of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Learn More

CHSJ at the 3rd Global Health Systems Research Symposium, Cape Town, South AfricaThe third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (GSHSR) was held in Cape Town (South Africa) from Sept 29 –Oct 4, 2014 (http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org/). CHSJ was represented in the symposium through presentation of the research work of CHSJ on health systems. Totally three papers were selected for presentation - one for oral presentation and two for poster presentation. The research expertise of CHSJ were shared in different capacities by sharing experiences with other researchers and practitioners. Download

Second Round Training on CBM on Quality of Care and Informed Choice in Family PlanningThe family planning program in India has long been riddled with concerns regarding quality of care and informed choice in family planning services, especially female sterilization. Even 10 years after the Supreme Court ordered the Government of India to stringently implement guidelines for performing sterilization operations, problems related to poor quality of care, poor execution of family planning training programmes and lack of proper counselling with regard to modern methods of contraception continue to plague the delivery of family planning services.